Patents by Inventor Gabriele Nelles

Gabriele Nelles has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7969646
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a display system based on photon energy up-conversion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tzenka Miteva, Gabriele Nelles, Stanislav Balouchev, Vladimir Yakutkin
  • Publication number: 20110127487
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic device, comprising a field effect transistor and a resistive switch electrically coupled with each other, wherein the resistive switch is configured to be switched between a state of low resistance and a state of high resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rene Wirtz, Silvia Rosselli, Gabriele Nelles, Bjoern Luessem
  • Publication number: 20110108816
    Abstract: Method of manufacture of an electronic device, comprising providing a substrate comprising a semiconductor device stack, depositing a first material layer over the substrate, the first material layer being an insulating layer, depositing an active organic material layer over the first material layer, depositing a second material layer over the active organic material layer, the second material layer being an insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rene Wirtz, Silvia Rosselli, Gabriele Nelles, Nikolaus Knorr, Zoi Karipidou, Ameneh Bamedi Zilai
  • Publication number: 20110109855
    Abstract: A polyamic acid and a polyimide obtained by reacting a dianhydride and diamines. A substrate having a film of such polyimide or polyamic acid deposited thereon. A liquid crystal display containing a film of such polyimide as an alignment layer. A method for reducing the response times of a liquid crystal display and/or for improving the on-state- and off-state-transmission and/or the voltage holding ratio of a liquid crystal display, the method involving incorporating the polyimide as an alignment layer in the liquid crystal display. A method of producing a liquid crystal display involving depositing a film of the polyimide on a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Pinar KILICKIRAN, Zakir HUSSAIN, David DANNER, Akira MASUTANI, Gabriele NELLES, Shunichi SUWA, Yuichi INOUE, Shuichi SHIMA
  • Patent number: 7935263
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing a porous semiconductor film and the film resulting from such production. It furthermore relates to an electronic device incorporating such film and to potential uses of such film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Duerr, Andreas Schmid, Gabriele Nelles, Akio Yasuda
  • Patent number: 7929200
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for modifying, e.g. narrowing the wavelength range of a spectrum of light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tzenka Miteva, Gabriele Nelles, Stanislav Balouchev, Vladimir Yakutkin
  • Publication number: 20110051235
    Abstract: A microscope measurement system including: an optical microscope including a microscope body and an objective connected to the microscope body; a chamber including a support mechanism holding an object to be examined therein, the chamber including an opening inserting the objective into the chamber such that the objective is located essentially within the chamber and the microscope body is located essentially outside of the chamber; a sealing mechanism that provides an essentially gas-tight connection between the optical microscope and the chamber such that the chamber is sealed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: SONY DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Tzenka Miteva, Piotr Minkin, Gabriele Nelles, Akio Yasuda
  • Patent number: 7893125
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of forming a crosslinked polymer gel, to a polymer gel produced by such method and to uses of such polymer gel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Gabriele Nelles, Silvia Rosselli, Tzenka Miteva, Akio Yasuda, Christo Tsvetanov, Rayna Stamenova, Iliyana Berlinova, Petar Petrov
  • Publication number: 20110013263
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a medium for photon energy up-conversion, a photon-energy up-conversion device comprising said medium and to uses of said medium. The present invention also relates to a method of photon energy up-conversion using said medium or said device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tzenka Miteva, Gerda Fuhrmann, Gabriele Nelles, Stanislav Balouchev, Vladimir Yakutkin
  • Publication number: 20100330026
    Abstract: The present invention relates to organic polymeric photon up-conversion nanoparticles for biological applications, such as labeling and/or detection of cells, biological (macro-) molecules or other analytes, as well as for sensing temperature, pressure, oxygen and other substances that influence the up-conversion process. It further relates to organic photon up-conversion nanoparticles for singlet oxygen generation and the treatment of diseases, such as cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tzenka MITEVA, Gerda Fuhrmann, Gabriele Nelles, Vladimir Yakutkin, Stanislav Balouchev
  • Publication number: 20100301285
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymeric nanoparticle comprising a medium for photon up-conversion, and to a method of producing such polymeric nanoparticle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tzenka Miteva, Gabriele Nelles
  • Publication number: 20100300521
    Abstract: The present invention relates to squarylium dyes including an anchoring group, to a method of synthesis of such dye, to an electronic device comprising such dye, and to uses of such dye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Gerda Fuhrmann, Gabriele Nelles, Ameneh Bamedi Zilai, Akio Yasuda
  • Patent number: 7828992
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising at least one type of liquid crystal, to a liquid crystal cell and liquid crystal display device comprising such composition and to a method of preparing such a composition and/or such a liquid crystal cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Pinar Kilickiran, Anthony Roberts, Akira Masutani, Gabriele Nelles, Akio Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20100275391
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the preparation applicable on large scale of sensitizer dyes conventionally used in dye-sensitized solar cells. Furthermore, methods for verifying the purity of the sensitizer dyes are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Gerda Fuhrmann, Gabriele Nelles, Ameneh Bamedi Zilai, Silvia Rosselli, Markus Obermaier
  • Publication number: 20100231899
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sensor for thiol analytes, to a sensor array and to a method of detecting thiol analytes using said sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Michael HULKO, Ingeborg HOSPACH, Gabriele NELLES, Jens ULMER
  • Publication number: 20100222533
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing an electret material, to a new class of electret materials and to a device comprising such electret materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nikolaus KNORR, Silvia ROSSELLI, Tzenka MITEVA, Gabriele NELLES
  • Publication number: 20100212737
    Abstract: A dye including an anchoring group in its molecular structure, said anchoring group allowing a covalent coupling of said dye to a surface, for example a surface of a nanoporous semiconductor layer, said anchoring group being represented by formula 1 wherein attachment of said anchoring group within said molecular structure of said dye is at the terminal carbon marked with an asterisk in above formula, wherein G is selected from —COOH, —SO3H, —PO3H2, —BO2H2, —SH, —OH, —NH2, preferably —COOH, wherein A is selected from the group comprising H, —CN, —NO2, —COOR, —COSR, —COR, —CSR, —NCS, —CF3, —CONR2-OCF3, C6H5-mFm, wherein m=1-5, R being H or any straight or branched alkyl chain of general formula —CnH2n+I, n=O-12, preferably 0-4, or any substituted or non-substituted phenyl or biphenyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gerda Fuhrmann, Gabriele Nelles, Ameneh Bamedi Zilai, Akio Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20100089769
    Abstract: A method of derivatising an analyte for subsequent detection through a nucleic acid based sensor and a sensor based thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: JENS ULMER, MICHAEL HULKO, INGEBORG HOSPACH, GABRIELE NELLES
  • Publication number: 20100086933
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sensor for detecting an analyte, to a sensor array, and to a method of detecting an analyte using the sensor of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ingeborg Hospach, Michael Hulko, Yvonne Joseph, Nadejda Krasteva, Gabriele Nelles, Isabelle Raible, Jens Ulmer
  • Publication number: 20100073605
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing a polymer dispersed liquid crystal, to a method of producing a polymer dispersed liquid crystal cell, to a polymer dispersed liquid crystal and a polymer dispersed liquid crystal cell produced by such method, to a liquid crystal display containing a plurality of such polymer dispersed liquid crystal cells and to the use of particles for preparing a polymer dispersed liquid crystal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Akira Masutani, Anthony Roberts, Pinar Kilickiran, Gabriele Nelles, Akio Yasuda